CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.
PAGE
INTRODUCTION—How to distinguish a Duck—General Account
of the Ducks—Distribution of the Ducks—Divisions of the
Duck Family ... ,., ... .. .. i
CHAPTER II.
SWANS—Their General Characteristics—The Mute or Tame
Swan (Cygnus olor}—The Whooper or Wild Swan (Cygnus
nmsicw—Bewick's)—Swan (Cygnus bewicfa')—'PeiQ Davie's
Swan (Cygnus davidi) ... ... ... ... 8
CHAPTER III.
GEESE—Their General Characteristics—The Gray Goose (Anser
fervs}—The Pink-footed Goose (Anser brackyrkynchi4$)—T}\t
White-fronted Goose (Anser a!difrons)—Tlte Dwarf Goose
(Anser erythropus)—The Bar-headed Goose (Anser Indicus)—
The Red-breasted Goose (Branta ruficottis)—The Bean Goose
(Anser fabalis)~-Tht Chinese Goose (Cynopsis cygnoides)—
Hutchin's Goose (Branfa Hutchinsi)—Tb£ Brent Goose
(Branta bernicla)—The Black Brent (Branta nigriean$)—1}\t
Snow Goose (Chen hyptrboreus}—The Emperor Goose (Philacte
<anagica) , ... ... ... ... 14
CHAPTER IV.
MERGANSERS—Their General Characteristics—The Goosander
(Merganser castor)—The Red-breasted Merganser (Mergan-
$er serrator}—The Smew (Mergus albellus)—The Scaled Sler-
ganser (Merganser squamatus) ... .„ ... 29-
CHAPTER V.
TRUE DUCKS—Their General Characteristics—The Golden-
Eye (Clangttfa glaucion}—The Stiff-tail (Erismatura kucoce*
phala)— The Red-crested Pochard (Netta rt^«a)-The Red-
headed Pochard (Nyroca ferina]—The Scaup (Nyroca mania)